The FCT Police Command plans to deploy between 13,000 and 15,000 personnel, including other security operatives, for the May 29 presidential inauguration, its spokesman, Jimoh Moshood, has said.
Mr Moshood told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that security agencies are already meeting and harmonising operational strategies to achieve desired result.
“Now, we are working on the same operational order to ensure that the security strategies are harmonised to give us the best result that we need,” he said. Mr Moshood said the command has intensified its stop-and-search operation as part of measures to ensure security before, during and after the inauguration.
He said additional check points have been created in the FCT and urged motorists to co-operate with the security operatives. “Our men are under strict instruction to be civil, to be polite but to be strict in their operation. They are to ensure that every vehicle coming and going out of the FCT is properly searched,” he said. Mr Moshood said, “all feasible and identifiable threats” were being addressed as personnel from the Anti-terrorism Squad (ATS) as well as the Anti-bomb Squad from neighbouring commands have been drafted to the FCT. On the threat by some groups to disrupt the inauguration, Mr Moshood gave the assurance that the command has taken proactive measures against such threats and plans. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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